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Novel hybrid modulation based isolated high-frequency three-phase bidirectional inverter for fuel cell vehicles

  • Xuewei Pan
  • , Yang Gu
  • , Peng Wang
  • , Akshay Kumar Rathore
  • Nanyang Technological University
  • Harbin Institute of Technology Shenzhen
  • Concordia University

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Abstract

This paper presents a six-pulse low frequency (LF) fluctuating high voltage dc bus based power system architecture for the fuel cell vehicles (FCVs) application. A novel hybrid modulation techniques consisting of six-pulse modulation (SPM) at LF scale and secondary modulation and 33% sine pulse width modulation (33% SPWM) at high frequency (HF) scale. Three-phase ac waveforms are produced for the propulsion system in FCVs. It significant reduces the switching losses of the bidirectional dual-stage inverter: 1) the zero current soft switching (ZCS) of primary side devices and zero voltage soft switching (ZVS) of secondary side devices of front-end current-fed full-bridge converter is realized. 2) at any moment, only one leg of back-end 3-phase inverter is switched at HF while the other two legs are kept in on or off state. This tremendously reduces the bidirectional inverter's switching losses and improves the system efficiency. Besides, switching loss can be further reduced since all the inverter switches are switched at the low current range. The LF fluctuating high voltage dc bus allows the elimination of large electrolytic dc-link capacitor. This paper presents the operation, analysis, and design of a bidirectional inverter implementing the proposed hybrid modulation technique. Simulation results obtained from power electronics simulation software PSIM and experimental results from the lab prototype clearly validate the effectiveness of the proposed modulation technique.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the IECON 2016 - 42nd Annual Conference of the Industrial Electronics Society
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
Pages3523-3528
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9781509034741
DOIs
StatePublished - 21 Dec 2016
Externally publishedYes
Event42nd Conference of the Industrial Electronics Society, IECON 2016 - Florence, Italy
Duration: 24 Oct 201627 Oct 2016

Publication series

NameIECON Proceedings (Industrial Electronics Conference)

Conference

Conference42nd Conference of the Industrial Electronics Society, IECON 2016
Country/TerritoryItaly
CityFlorence
Period24/10/1627/10/16

Keywords

  • Bidirectional inverter
  • Fuel Cell Vehicle
  • Hybrid Modulation
  • Soft-switching

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